Friday, May 14, 2010

A Rainbow to Boot.

God bless Will and Jessica! What I'm about to tell you is all fact; I made none of this story up. Jessica and Will planned a June 19th wedding only to discover about two months before that Will (who is in the service) was getting deployed again for his second tour in Iraq. She called and I just happened to have an opening on May 1st, the day she was moving everything to.  Phew! 


The wedding was supposed to take place in Rand Park, a beautiful haven in Keokuk with all sorts of beautiful flowers, plants and with a gazebo smack in the middle of it all. Until... rain... rain... and more rain. Ugh. So, Jessica made the decision to pack up the party to a small church in Warsaw. Problem averted. Until... (yes another hitch) her hair dresser bumped her appointment back and made her late to her own wedding (gasp!) I know, I know... who is that hair dresser and how could she ever?!? I was saying the same thing. However... sit back in your chairs, Jessica ever so smoothly got dressed in the car on the way to the chapel and made an entrance in a fashionably-late kind of way. The church was probably one of the darkest I've taken pictures in and Will's Mom was a bit concerned, but have no fear! There was no way that I wasn't coming through for Jessica at this point! That poor girl had been through the ringer! So, needless to say, there are plenty of church pics.


The day ended awesome! After Will and Jessica were hitched, the rain let up and we grabbed a couple outdoor shots on the way to the reception and then... best of all... they had a rainbow! and probably the prettiest sunset I've seen in a while. All, in all, wow... awesome couple... God bless you Will while you're away from Jessica. You had a fantastic wedding! with plenty of good stories to tell later ;)
























Tim + Danielle

Oh dear... I'm slipping.  I feel like I'm in a fog this morning and I don't have time for it!  I've had 4 appointments this morning and more coming. And to make matters worse, my little guy didn't want to go to the sitters this morning. Oh waaaa some say, but he's going through this phase where he screams whenever I leave him and "dog gone it" (like Jet and Cord always say)... that's just hard on a Mama.

But, back to the grindstone. Meet Tim and Danielle. They are long overdue for their preview!  The rained threatened us, but never let loose -- thank heavens, since they traveled all the way from Champaign. There are so many good ones, it's hard picking just a couple to show. However, I'm totally digging my new found "blue wall."  Check it out!








Monday, May 10, 2010

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I invited little Miss B. to the studio last week to model for me.  She was everything I hoped she'd be; I have so many pictures with so many expressions... I don't know how to even choose. I'm going to put a couple up at the studio and around town. Leave a comment and vote for your favorite!   

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Catchin' Up

Things down at the studio are hoppin!  The camera is rolling, orders are flying out the door and I'm running just to keep up with it all -- it's fabulous! I am lovin' life and thankful for the opportunity to take so many pictures.  Over the past couple weeks I've met quite a few new people -- Heidi, Hailey and the kids just happen to be some of my new favorites.  They had never had their family pictures taken before (gasp!)  But, we solved that dilemma and gave Heidi the perfect Mother's Day gift!










Sunday, May 2, 2010

A beautiful girl with a cello.

I have just been itching to edit this one!  It was so hard to contain myself when Kathryn told me she wanted her picture taken in a parking garage with her prom dress playing her cello... ahhh!!! Of course I answered yes... (while I'm jumping up and down inside!)  Here is just a sampling of some of her pictures; she is so photogenic, I'm having such a hard time deciding --